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Clive Crook: The American Dream Needs Repair

Clive Crook | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

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Sooner or later the US will find itself grappling with an immense fiscal problem. The recession and stimulus have combined to produce record-breaking ...

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Brookings Institution Fellow Responds To Rahm Emanuel Shot

Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel recently took a shot at The Brookings Institution, suggesting it didn't live in the political real world. He p...

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President Obama and the Spirit of Global Development Partnership

Noam Unger | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Social Innovation, Noam Unger, Public/Private Partnerships, Jane Nelson, Obama Service, Corporate Social Responsibility, Foreign Assistance, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Innovation Fund, Clinton Global Initiative, Johannes Linn, Homi Kharas, Global Poverty, Development, Brookings Institution, World News
Noam Unger

Obama's speech was a call for a new spirit of global partnership, emphasizing that real progress in lifting millions out of poverty and countering transnational threats cannot be made by governments alone.

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Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

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Jim Luce

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

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Overstimulated: Governors Got The Goods

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Harry Moroz

If the federal government does not turn its attention to urban areas soon, not only will city residents suffer disproportionately from the downturn but the entire economic recovery will be slowed.

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Meet the U.N. Secretary General's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide

Jim Luce | Posted 07.08.2009 | World

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Jim Luce

Sudanese Diplomat Francis Deng believes genocide can be anticipated and even stopped before it begins.

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In the Middle East, Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Faisal Ghori | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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Faisal Ghori

No one in the Middle East, except for the government controlled media, is anticipating President Obama's speech in Cairo.

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A Peek at America's Possible Future Pakistan Policy

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

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Ali A. Rizvi

If America once turned on the Afghan allies that helped it defeat the Soviets, many Pakistanis feel, what would stop it from turning on Pakistan?

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Michael O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack: There They Go Again

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

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Joseph A. Palermo

In today's New York Times, Michael O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack make their same tired argument for permanently occupying Iraq they've been making for the last five years.

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Stimulating

John Graham | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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John Graham

Congress should follow the President's lead in creating a stimulus package that is a combination of short-term measures and longer-term infrastructure investments.

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Potentially Lethal: Increased Relationship Between Military And Aid

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

Who will have the final say if U.S. foreign policy and development goals conflict with military objectives in unstable countries?

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Trouble Buying That Illinois Senate Seat? (A Cheaper Alternative for Holiday Gift-Giving)

David Quigg | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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David Quigg

I cannot be bought. Not for less than 20 bucks. So there's no need to worry that my judgment has been tainted by the fact that a publisher sent me a ...

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Candidates Must No Longer Ignore America's Metro Areas

Peter Dreier | Posted 06.20.2008 | Home

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Peter Dreier

Increasingly, the challenges facing suburbs are the same ones facing cities. The politics that used to divide metro areas have collapsed. Indeed, in this election, suburban voters are up for grabs.

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Economic Mobility Slowed By Widening Higher Education Gap

New York Times | ERIK ECKHOLM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Economic mobility, the chance that children of the poor or middle class will climb up the income ladder, has not changed significantly over the last t...

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